Political Satire: This example makes a political statement that our government is run by our corporations. The picture shows someone crossing of the word “people” in the Declaration of Independence and changes it to corporation. I like this satire because it brings out an “ugly” truth in a comical way. The purpose of this comic is to get the reader, the general public, to think about how our government is run. One of the things that I like about this comic is that the message out in plain sight. I like this because it allowed me to spend less time finding what the message is and more time thinking about how the message applies to me and effects my life.
Education Satire: I liked this satire because it uses animals instead of people. It made me think that I could substitute people for animals in my comic and still get my overall message across. I think that using animals made this satire more creative. The message in this satire, unlike the political satire, was more subtle. I think the purpose of this satire was to show the faults in our education system. It shows that standardized tests are not a good way of showing how smart you are because they only touch on certain skills. The audience could be teachers or the people that run the education system.
Scarlet Letter Satire: I found this comic and I thought it was really funny. The comic was based on the book, The Scarlett Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The purpose of the comic was to show how ludicrous it is to put a letter on yourself based on an action you did. It made me think about the silly things that the government do. The one thing I really liked about this comic, and hope to incorporate in my satire, is that this comic took a serious topic and made it funny.
My Satire Draft: I created a brochure that talked about gender roles. Its purpose was to show the readers how silly sexist comments about gender roles really are. I think the audience for this piece isn't really directed for one particular group. Gender stereotypes apply to everyone because everyone falls under on of the two categories, male or female.
Political Satire:
This example makes a political statement that our government is run by our corporations. The picture shows someone crossing of the word “people” in the Declaration of Independence and changes it to corporation. I like this satire because it brings out an “ugly” truth in a comical way. The purpose of this comic is to get the reader, the general public, to think about how our government is run. One of the things that I like about this comic is that the message out in plain sight. I like this because it allowed me to spend less time finding what the message is and more time thinking about how the message applies to me and effects my life.
Education Satire:
I liked this satire because it uses animals instead of people. It made me think that I could substitute people for animals in my comic and still get my overall message across. I think that using animals made this satire more creative. The message in this satire, unlike the political satire, was more subtle. I think the purpose of this satire was to show the faults in our education system. It shows that standardized tests are not a good way of showing how smart you are because they only touch on certain skills. The audience could be teachers or the people that run the education system.
Scarlet Letter Satire:
I found this comic and I thought it was really funny. The comic was based on the book, The Scarlett Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The purpose of the comic was to show how ludicrous it is to put a letter on yourself based on an action you did. It made me think about the silly things that the government do. The one thing I really liked about this comic, and hope to incorporate in my satire, is that this comic took a serious topic and made it funny.
My Satire Draft:
I created a brochure that talked about gender roles. Its purpose was to show the readers how silly sexist comments about gender roles really are. I think the audience for this piece isn't really directed for one particular group. Gender stereotypes apply to everyone because everyone falls under on of the two categories, male or female.